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100
What is maintenance of environmental quality and the removal of radioactive waste? - Dept of Energy
This issue or organization is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.
100
What is Article II, section 2?
This article of the Constitution provides for principal officers of government departments.
100
What is the infamous "Supreme Court packing plan" which aimed to add seats to the US Supreme Court?
President Franklin Roosevelt attempted to achieve this controversial plan in the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill (1937).
100
What is Arcticle II, section 3, clause 3?
This part of the US Constitution establishes that the president has the responsibility of receiving foreign ambassadors to the US.
100
What is Loving v. Virginia (1967)?
This case led to the termination of anti-miscegenation laws, which prohibited interracial marriage.
200
What is the Department of Veterans' Affairs?
This Cabinet department is most frequently led by military personnel.
200
What is to adjudicate? (example: decision in a court case)
This word (verb) is defined as when a court case, problem or dispute is formally solved in a fashion that is enforceable by law.
200
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This American charter concludes with the following passage: "...we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
200
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
This clause is included in Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution and speaks about Congress' rights in lawmaking.
200
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
This case ended the practice of racial segregation termed "separate but equal" and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
300
What is the Department of the Interior?
This department is responsible for managing US natural resources and heritage sites.
300
What is an absolute majority?
This is defined as when a candidate receives more than 50% of all votes cast in an election.
300
What is the United States Sentencing Commission?
This federal agency (under the judicial branch) is an independent agency that operates without Cabinet subordination.
300
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This was the first African-American woman elected to the US Congress (House of Representatives) in 1968.
300
What is the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November?
This is the day on which a president is elected.
400
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
The Secret Service is under the jurisdiction of this Cabinet department.
400
What is the General of Armies?
This is the highest rank in the US Army.
400
What is the Coast Guard?
This branch of the US military does not report to the Secretary of Defense.
400
What is a writ of habeas corpus?
This is defined as a legal action that frees a person from being held for a crime for which there is insufficient evidence to hold or charge them.
400
What is 6 years?
This is the length of the term for a US Senator (longest of any elected official).
500
What is the Department of Homeland Security.
This department is responsible for monitoring US borders.
500
What is having one parent that is a US citizen?
This aspect does not necessarily confer US citizenship.
500
What is separation of powers?
This is a system that gives each branch some control over the other two branches in US government.
500
What is the fact that it encourages teachers to teach for the test?
This is the biggest criticism of the No Child Left Behind Act.
500
What is the Shays-Meehan Bill?
This Congressional bill was passed in 2001 as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and became law on the first day of 2003.






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